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To what extent can we use a high-resolution comparative linguistics approach to open a window into human history when we lack tangible historical information? The Guaporé-Mamoré region, overlapping significant territory in the Bolivian and Brazilian lowlands, is one of the most linguistically and culturally diverse regions in the continent. In spite of that, we know extremely little about the history of a vast majority of the languages, and the indigenous nations who speak them, before the 20th century. In this talk I will discuss my ongoing research examining grammatical properties in order to triangulate historical information about the nations inhabiting of this area.

Jointly organised with BantUGent. To join the meeting online via MS teams, please contact Nina van der Vlugt.

Last year, several ΔiaLing members published a monograph:

• Jóhanna Barðdal, Oblique subjects in Germanic: their status, history and reconstruction
• Nelson Goering, Prosody in Medieval English and Norse
• Mihaela Ilioaia, The MIHI EST construction: An instance of non-canonical subject marking in Romanian

We would like to give them the opportunity to present their monographs and we will toast with them on this success. This presentation and celebration will take place on the 28^th of February, starting at 4 pm, in room 3.30 (Camelot) of the Blandijn. You are all very welcome to join!